GE Replaces C-5 Galaxy Engines Under $7.4B Air Force Contract

General Electric (NYSE: GE) is providing new engines for C-5 planes under the U.S. Air Force’s $7.4 billion program that aims to upgrade the aircraft’s capabilities, DoD Buzz reported Thursday.

Kris Osborn writes the Air Force has moved to replace some of the A, B and C models of the C-5 aircraft with 52 new C-5M Super Galaxy planes, each spanning 65 feet with a 222-foot wingspan and designed to contain a 840,000-pound load.

Air Force Spokesman Ed Gulick told DoD Buzz the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining program aims to upgrade the C-5’s fuel efficiency, range, payload capability and air traffic management by 2017.

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